mendicancy
Americannoun
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the practice of begging, as for alms.
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the state or condition of being a beggar.
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Origin of mendicancy
First recorded in 1780–90; mendic(ant) + -ancy
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In spite of the peculiar characters of these reminiscences, I cannot help feeling a certain regret at the decay of Professional Mendicancy.
From Urban Sketches by Harte, Bret
Mendicancy, except in the case of little children who do it for the nonce, seems unknown in the Morea.
From Rambles and Studies in Greece by Mahaffy, J. P.
Mrs Wilfer's first visit to the Mendicant's bride at the new abode of Mendicancy, was a grand event.
From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles
Mendicancy, which is more rife at Venice, I am sorry to say, than in any other Italian city, except perhaps Naples, is not tolerated on the piazza.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 by Various
Mendicancy, preaching, hearing confessions, and teaching publicly were the capital sins that consigned the Friars to reprobation.
From Saint Bonaventure The Seraphic Doctor Minister-General of the Franciscan Order by Costelloe, Laurence
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